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The marvellous PBFA Christmas Book Fair, this year sponsored by T L Dallas insurance brokers, is a must for book lovers, collectors, and gift buyers alike! Thousands of second-hand books, rare manuscripts, vintage prints and posters, original artworks, and ephemera will be on offer from some of the best independent sellers across the country.

T L Dallas are the PBFA's approved specialist insurers for rare books and are one of the UK’s leading independent Insurance Broking and Risk Management groups.

At the fair find gems across a myriad of subjects and genres – secondhand, rare, and unusual – priced to suit every pocket.  Scroll down to see the link to the floor plan.

Everyone welcome. 

Cafes, bars and restaurants on-site.

Key Details

Time & Date 4th December 2021, 10:00 - 16:00

Venue Holiday Inn London - Bloomsbury, Coram Street, London, WC1N 1HT

Organisers John Martin, Mayfly Tel: 07701 034472 Email: mayflyephemera@msn.com
Andrew Saidi, White Eagle Books Tel: 07730 892206 Email: andrewsaidi54@gmail.com

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Ticket Information

General Admission £ 2.00

Travel Information

Parking

RCP Car Park, Entrance: Herbrand Street, Tel: 0207 833 9956

Underground0

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Russell Square

Train

Euston or Kings Cross

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Highlights

If you are thinking of attending this fair, why not have a look at some of the books recommended by some of the Members who will be there.

Christmas, 1929

Tanner (Robin)

Garton & Cooke

£3750.00

Offered by Robert Hall Pictures

Muddling Through: Or, Britain in a nutshell [ASSOC...

BENSON, Theodora and ASKWITH, Betty; BENTLEY, Nicolas (illustrator)

London: Victor Gollancz

£35.00

Offered by Quair Books

POEMS (KILMARNOCK BURNS)

ROBERT (ROBBIE) BURNS

D.BROWN. KILMARNOCK

£95.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

PARADISE

CHAZ BRENCHLEY (SIGNED 1st)

HODDER & STOUGHTON

£45.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Lad Of The Gad

GARNER, Alan

Collins,

£175.00

Offered by Neil Pearson Rare Books

Days Of Hope And Dreams

STEFANKO, Frank

Insight Editions

£650.00

Offered by Neil Pearson Rare Books

"UNIT" 1967 Music magazine with PSYCHADELIC cover

JIMI HENDRIX interest

BIG O PRESS. LONDON

£120.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

The Doctor's Dilemma

G Bernard Shaw

Constable & Company

£800.00

Offered by Peter Foster Books

POSTER - A RAILWAY TERMINUS

PAUL B. MANN

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

POSTER-LAUNCHING A LINER AT CLYDEBANK SHIPYARD

PAUL B MANN

£85.00

Offered by Black Cat Bookshop

One page typed letter signed on ‘Cadbury Bros Ltd’...

CADBURY, Laurence J.; HILL, Ernest F.

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

Infernal Child: A memoir

PIZZEY, Erin

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd

£65.00

Offered by Quair Books

Friendship's Harvest

MARKHAM, Violet C.H.

London: Max Reinhardt

£65.00

Offered by Quair Books

Argosy [literary magazine]

TOWNSEND WARNER, Sylvia; GORDON, Richard; MONSARRAT, Nicholas et al.

London: The Amalgamated Press Ltd

£25.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Lady's Monthly Museum, Or polite repository of...

BY A SOCIETY OF LADIES

London: Vernor and Hood

£150.00

Offered by Quair Books

Caroline de Lichtfield. Par Madame de ***, Publié...

[MONTOLIEU, Isabelle de]

Londres [likely Paris]: et se trouve à Paris Chez Buisson, Libraire, hôtel de Mesgrigny, rue des Poitevins, No. 13.

£135.00

Offered by Quair Books

History of the Great French Revolution: A course o...

BESANT, Annie

London: Printed by Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh for the Freethought Publishing Company

£125.00

Offered by Quair Books

Prick Up Your Ears: The biography of Joe Orton

LAHR, John

London: Allen Lane/ Penguin

Reserved

Offered by Quair Books

Loot

ORTON, Joe

London: Methuen & Co Ltd

£25.00

Offered by Quair Books

Tobit Transplanted

BENSON, Stella

London: Macmillan & Co.

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

1823

Thereby Hangs a Tale (signed by author)

ROBEY, George

London: Grant Richards Ltd

£45.00

Offered by Quair Books

1910

An Affair of the Heart (with authorial inscription...

POWELL, Dilys; [STEWART, Mary]

London: Hodder & Stoughton

£75.00

Offered by Quair Books

Magic Shadows: The Story of the Origin of Motion P...

[PATERSON, Neil]; QUIGLEY JR., Martin

New York: Quigley Publishing Company

£35.00

Offered by Quair Books

The Blue Hour of Natalie Barney (signed by author)

BINGHAM, Frances

London: The Pottery Press,

£35.00

Offered by Quair Books

Fair Exhibitors

If you would like to see which Members will be at this fair, you can browse through them all below. Just select the letter their name starts with and click their name to see their specific page.

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Karen Jakobsen Art and Design Books | Karen Jakobsen Sturminster Newton

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Guest Exhibitors

We are pleased to announce that we will have some special guests at this fair! Have a look at who they are.

Quinto Books

Contact: Walter Kraut

Telephone: 07969 301164
Address

26 Rockwell Court
6 Papermill Place
London
E17 6GL

James Paul

Contact:

Telephone: 01273 858687
Address

25 The Street
Firle
Lewes
East Sussex
BN8 6NS

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